I Became the Academy’s Female Delinquent Chapter 82. A Snake’s Head Rises Above the Sea

    Elsie walked along the sandbar.

    With each step, the soft, white grains of sand crumbled, tickling her feet.

    Bathed in the clear sky and warm sunlight, her dazzling silver hair swayed in the gentle sea breeze.

    Elsie, creating a scene like a painting, caught the eyes of passersby for a moment.

    Fortunately, no one tried to disturb Elsie as she contemplated alone.

    In fact, Elsie, gazing at the sea with melancholic eyes, didn’t have any particular thoughts in her head.

    She was still a little self-conscious about the fact that she was wearing a rather revealing bikini-like swimsuit.

    But there’s a saying that if you can’t avoid it, accept it, and it’s only natural to live within the given framework.

    Elsie comforted herself in that way and bravely conformed to reality.

    It wasn’t a big deal. Even embarrassment becomes dull.

    It was just the kind of outfit everyone else was wearing on the beach. It’s common sense to wear a swimsuit when you come to the beach.

    And what if she stood out a little?

    Elsie’s very existence was inherently eye-catching.

    “Nice view.”

    So Elsie, feeling more comfortable than ever, gazed at the vast expanse of the sea.

    It was a landscape that made her forget her distractions and simply look at the blue sea.

    Elsie, with her hands in the pockets of her pure white hoodie, watched the girls playing in the sea.

    They were having a great time, entangled with each other, splashing water, and getting hit by the small-scale tidal waves that Thrud was creating.

    “Having fun, aren’t they?”

    She didn’t have the confidence to join that endlessly cheerful scene and play with them.

    It wasn’t because she couldn’t get into the mood, nor did she dislike it.

    It wasn’t because her communication skills were lacking.

    It was simply because her swimming skills were lacking.

    Elsie, who had never properly swam before, was content to watch.

    After all, even if she went into the sea, all she would do is flounder and splash around.

    It definitely wasn’t because she was afraid of drowning. Absolutely not.

    “…”

    She was about to sink into contemplation again, quietly enjoying the sea breeze, when…

    “Elsie.”

    “Wah-!”

    Elsie screamed, startled by the sweet voice that suddenly rang in her right ear.

    Covering her ear, Elsie turned her head and found Randgrid, who had approached her unnoticed.

    “Ra, Randgrid? When did you get here?”

    “…”

    Randgrid, dripping with water, simply stared at Elsie with a blank expression.

    “What, what…”

    “Play together…”

    “Uh… I…”

    “Elsie, play together too.”

    Elsie’s eyes darted back and forth at Randgrid’s expressionless face, subtly applying pressure.

    Seeing the corners of Randgrid’s mouth, who always maintained a blank expression, slightly lifted, she seemed to be quite enjoying herself.

    So, did she want everyone to enjoy themselves together?

    As Elsie hesitated, she heard a finger snap in the distance.

    _Tap!_

    Suddenly, the white hoodie that Elsie had been wearing for psychological comfort disappeared with a *poof*.

    “Uh oh…?”

    Her clothes had suddenly disappeared. What a shocking situation.

    Panicked, Elsie hurriedly covered her body and looked around.

    ‘Even though I’m wearing a swimsuit…’

    The disappeared hoodie was in Radgrid’s hand, who was in the sea.

    “Hehet, I left a mark on the hoodie in the changing room earlier!”

    It seemed she had stolen the hoodie with her material transfer ability.

    “Gi, give it back! My peace of mind!”

    “What peace of mind! Don’t be so pathetic and come in, Elsie!”

    Caught up in the Grid sisters’ scheme, Elsie was grabbed by Thrud and Eir and dragged into the sea.

    “Do, don’t come closer… Don’t push me… Gyaaaa!!!”

    *Splash!*

    Elsie, pushed and thrown into the sea, panicked as the spray of water tickled her whole body.

    It must be deep enough that her feet wouldn’t touch the bottom.

    As the seawater began to surround her body, that vague fear washed over her.

    “Puhah! Hwak! Puhup!”

    Elsie gasped for breath, flailing her arms and legs. But soon, she realized that the place she had fallen into was shallow enough for her butt to touch the bottom.

    “…Huh?”

    Looking around with a bewildered expression, Elsie could find Thrud giggling nearby.

    Her face began to burn with the realization that she had been mistaken and made a fuss, thinking she had been thrown into a deep place.

    “You, you guys…!!!”

    Elsie, covered in seawater and feeling ashamed, trembled and lunged at Thrud.

    *

    The group of male students walking along the beach were excited. As young men in their prime often do, they had come to the beach with fluttering hearts.

    Although not all of them were.

    Doyun, with his shoulders slumped, followed the group with listless steps.

    He was in stark contrast to his friends, who were excited ahead of him.

    ‘Elsie…’

    Even though he had been dragged around here and there for a while, Elsie’s face wouldn’t leave his mind.

    Early in the morning, the look on Elsie’s face when she found out that he couldn’t join her…

    “Ugh!”

    Doyun screamed in a small voice and scratched his head roughly.

    Her blue eyes, which clearly contained a feeling of regret, flickered in his mind. He felt an urge to make that face smile right away.

    “Han Doyun! Walk faster!”

    “Haa…”

    Where was Elsie and what was she doing? Could she be at the beach?

    Thinking such nonsense, Doyun walked aimlessly.

    “Since it’s come to this, let me ask you one thing.”

    Doyun, who had been walking silently for a while, asked his friends who were walking ahead.

    “What?”

    “You dragged me here to strengthen our friendship or whatever, but what have you guys been doing since earlier?”

    “What else? We came all the way to a resort, so we’re trying to hang out with girls.”

    Doyun put his hand on his forehead at his friends’ brazen answer.

    “Was it really necessary for me to be in that plan?”

    “It was necessary.”

    “Why…?”

    When Doyun asked back, his friends shrugged their shoulders with an expression that said, “Is that even a question?”

    “To put it simply, you’re handsome bait.”

    “Handsome… bait…? What kind of ridiculous…”

    “Objectively speaking, you’re handsome, Doyun.”

    “Is that a compliment?”

    “Listen to the end. You’re enviably handsome and tall. How many people are as easy to catch the eyes of girls as you are? You lucky bastard.”

    “So, that’s the reason you dragged me here?”

    “If we have handsome bait, it’s easier to talk to girls from other classes.”

    Doyun grabbed his neck at the sight of his friends rattling off their honest, even instinctive, purpose.

    To be separated from Elsie for such a ridiculous reason.

    “It didn’t matter if I wasn’t here!”

    “You bastard! We’re friends! Hang out with us out of friendship! Don’t have all the fun by yourself!”

    Doyun, enraged by their talk of friendship only at times like this, shouted.

    “If you wanted to play so much, play with the girls in our class!”

    At Doyun’s shout, his friends thought of the girls in their class.

    Representatively, Elsie, Thrud, the Grid sisters, Eir, and so on…

    “The girls in our class have too high of a barrier…”

    “They feel like flowers in a painting.”

    Doyun retorted at the absurd answer.

    “No, what does that have to do with playing!”

    “It wouldn’t matter to you! Because your looks back you up! You lucky bastard!”

    “These crazy bastards…”

    His friends were still crazy bastards.

    In the end, Doyun, enraged, started walking while exchanging curses with his friends.

    It was when they were passing through a certain section of the beach.

    “…Look over there, it’s crazy…”

    One of his friends froze, pointing towards the sea.

    Those who followed his finger and shifted their gaze flinched and stopped one by one.

    “Big…”

    “It’s art.”

    Doyun frowned as the guys walking ahead suddenly stopped.

    “No, what is it this time?”

    Soon, Doyun turned his head to where his friends’ gazes were directed, and he couldn’t help but freeze like them.

    His eyes widened involuntarily, and his heart began to pound wildly.

    “Elsie…!”

    Elsie, who was chasing after the fleeing Thrud and the other girls, was walking out of the sea, panting and wearing a pure white hoodie.

    Elsie in her swimsuit, which was revealed even though she was wearing a hoodie. Doyun’s gaze and consciousness seemed to be sucked into that place.

    The destructive power was too great. It was a charm that made it seem like nothing else would catch his eye.

    Doyun, who was standing as if nailed in place, was unknowingly approaching Elsie.

    He was sincerely thinking that he was glad he came to the sea.

    To the point where he was making a fuss, vowing not to forget this moment.

    Her wet white skin, which the black swimsuit and white hoodie couldn’t hide. Even her soft silver hair, which seemed to shine more than usual. He couldn’t take his eyes off her, so he couldn’t stop his steps towards Elsie.

    The ground was shaking, and the sea seemed to be raging.

    Was he so moved by Elsie in the sea that he felt that way?

    No.

    The waves were really getting rougher. The ground was shaking.

    **Kugugugung-!!!**

    It was as if something unimaginably huge was surging from the dark bottom below. That ominous sound was getting louder and louder.

    Everyone who had come to Nóatún to enjoy the beach was staggering and falling from the tremendous shaking.

    “Wh, what is it?”

    Elsie and Doyun’s group were the same.

    The earth was shaking endlessly, and ominous waves were starting to surge from the sea.

    Then, at some point,

    That pulsation, which seemed to make the entire sea ring, stopped.

    Almost everyone in Nóatún, who had sensed the intense vibration, simultaneously began to turn their gaze towards the distant sea.

    It was instinct.

    Instinct was warning them that the cause of this sudden anomaly was there.

    An ominous silence began to flow.

    The beach where not a single breeze was blowing.

    The waves were so calm.

    Everyone was sweating as they looked at the sea. Some people were trembling for no reason and collapsing on the floor.

    It was then.

    _**Chwaaaak-!**_

    The sound of a large amount of water pouring out began to be heard from the distant sea.

    Soon, a certain shape began to rise from there, clearing away the spray.

    Although it seemed to be quite far from the beach, it had a very large silhouette.

    Elsie widened her eyes and looked at it. She could tell instinctively. She could feel it.

    That endless hostility.

    It was the head of a snake that had risen above the sea.

    The head of an enormously huge snake. It didn’t take long for everyone in Nóatún to identify that silhouette.

    And those who had lived in Nóatún for a long time immediately began to tremble in fear.

    The existence that had been passed down as a legend for a long time had finally awakened from its long sleep.

    The huge snake that had been lurking at the end of the seabed of Midgard would bring the end. It would herald the beginning of the end.

    The World Serpent.

    Jormungandr, had appeared in the sea off Nóatún.

    **_Kugugugung-!!!_**

    Once again, the sea began to rage, and the ground began to shake.

    Waves began to surge around Jormungandr, who had only poked his huge head above the surface.

    That undulation, which looked like a wave, turned into a huge tsunami in the blink of an eye and swept over the city.

    “Ru, run away!!!”

    “Kyaaaa!!!”

    The beach of Nóatún was instantly turned into a scene of chaos due to the appearance of Jormungandr and the huge tsunami that began to strike immediately afterward.

    The academy students, who had been frozen for a moment by the shocking sight, also began to become busy.

    “Ru, run away with the people to the city!!!”

    “Elsie!!!”

    Doyun ran to Elsie, who was staring blankly at the tsunami that was approaching close by.

    **[Shaaaaaak!!!]**

    Jormungandr’s chilling sound, which seemed to tear the ears, rushed in with the tsunami.

    And Elsie thought. It’s too far.

    It was too far from Thrud and the others who were playing in the sea. Besides, if it was such a huge tsunami, even the city might be in danger.

    A sudden, large-scale threat to the city. Naturally, that damn guy’s face came to mind.

    ‘Loki.’

    Was it really the god Loki, or just an existence borrowing the name?

    Loki appearing in Nóatún, followed by Jormungandr. She couldn’t help but suspect the connection.

    In any case, there was only one course of action Elsie had to take.

    ‘All I have to do is defeat those damn guys.’

    If they threatened her peace, and furthermore, the peace of many people, she couldn’t just stand by and watch.

    _Kwaaa!_

    ‘But this tsunami is crossing the line…’

    It was the moment when Elsie was about to respond to the huge tsunami that she could no longer avoid.

    “Elsie!!!”

    At the same time as the familiar voice, someone hugged Elsie tightly.

    “Hwaak?!”

    Surprised, Elsie turned her head and could see Doyun’s face, who had hugged her tightly.

    “Han Doy…?!”

    Immediately, the tsunami swallowed the beach and swept over the city.

    _Kwaaa!!!_

    The battle with Jormungandr had begun.

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